A VALUED meals-on-wheels service that provides hot lunches for hundreds of elderly Forest residents has announced it will close next month due to a lack of funding.

Age Concern Forest of Dean will cease to provide a food delivery service on February 29, citing ‘unsustainable’ running costs of £24,000 a month and a £50,000 funding gap as the causes.

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